Chemistry

Discover a curated list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of Chemistry. From Nobel laureates to pioneering researchers, explore their fascinating journeys and the impact they have had on scientific advancements.

Kenichi Fukui
Kenichi Fukui
Japan
Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry "for their development of the theory of chemical reactions" together with Roald Hofmann.
Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer
Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1930.
Ge Hong
Ge Hong
China
Chinese Taoist scholar and alchemist, famous for his encyclopedic treatises
Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager
USA
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1968.
Otto Hahn
Otto Hahn
Germany
German physicist and chemist
Henry J. Eyring
Henry J. Eyring
USA
Mexican-American chemist
Konstantin Krasusky
Konstantin Krasusky
Russian chemist
Vladimir Kistyakovsky
Vladimir Kistyakovsky
Russian and Soviet physical chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Constantin Fahlberg
Constantin Fahlberg
Germany
German chemist, inventor of saccharin.
Viktor Grignard
Viktor Grignard
France
Chemist
Joseph Achille Le Bel
Joseph Achille Le Bel
France
French chemist
Yaroslav Geyerovskiy
Yaroslav Geyerovskiy
Chemist, founder of polarography, Nobel Prize (1959)
Gerhard Shrader
Gerhard Shrader
Germany
German chemist.
Otto Wallah
Otto Wallah
Germany
Chemist
Julius Lothar Meyer
Julius Lothar Meyer
Germany
German chemist
Hermann Staudinger
Hermann Staudinger
Germany
German chemist, awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Frederick Sanger
Frederick Sanger
Great Britain
English biochemist, the only scientist to twice win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Adolf Windaus
Adolf Windaus
Germany
Chemist
Wendell Meredith Stanley
Wendell Meredith Stanley
USA
American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry, 1946, (together with D. Sumner and D. Northrop) “for the preparation of pure enzymes and viral proteins.”
Willard Libbi
Willard Libbi
USA
American physical chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1960.
Artury Wirtanen
Artury Wirtanen
Finland
Chemist
Alfred Werner
Alfred Werner
Switzerland
Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1913).
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Germany
German chemist
Yuriy Buslaev
Yuriy Buslaev
Russia
Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Inorganic Materials
Ilmar Koppel
Ilmar Koppel
Estonia
Estonian and Soviet chemist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences
Albert Hofmann
Albert Hofmann
Switzerland
Swiss chemist
George Wittig
George Wittig
Germany
German organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry (1979, together with G. C. Brown).
Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola
Germany
German scientist, chemist, considered one of the fathers of mineralogy.
Valeriy Legasov
Valeriy Legasov
Soviet inorganic chemist
Mario J. Molina
Mario J. Molina
USA
American and Mexican chemist
Viktor Goldshmidt
Viktor Goldshmidt
Germany
Chemist and geologist, one of the founders of geochemistry and crystal chemistry.
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer
Germany
German organic chemist
Charles Gerhardt
Charles Gerhardt
France
Alsatian chemist, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences in Paris (1856).
Claude Louis Berthollet
Claude Louis Berthollet
France
French chemist.
Kuzma Andrianov
Kuzma Andrianov
Soviet chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Paul Sabatier
Paul Sabatier
France
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1912, jointly with Victor Grignard
Sergey Andronati
Sergey Andronati
Ukraine
Ukrainian bioorganic scientist, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Donald James Cram
Donald James Cram
USA
American chemist
Joseph Bienaime Caventou
Joseph Bienaime Caventou
France
French chemist and pharmacist
Adolf fon Bayer
Adolf fon Bayer
Germany
Chemist
Jan Czochralski
Jan Czochralski
Poland
Polish chemist
Harry Coover
Harry Coover
USA
American chemist, inventor of Superglue
Josiah-Parsons Cooke
Josiah-Parsons Cooke
USA
American chemist.
Richard Synge
Richard Synge
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952 (jointly with A. Martin).
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
Great Britain
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964.
Mary Morgan
Mary Morgan
USA
American scientist
Alice Hamilton
Alice Hamilton
USA
American scientist, specialist in toxicology and occupational hygiene.
Friedrich Bergius
Friedrich Bergius
Germany
Chemist
Hans Adolf Krebs
Hans Adolf Krebs
Great Britain
English biochemist
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1981, jointly with Kenichi Fukui